Legal Opinion
Makins v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 4, 2004No. 02-SP-241PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Senior Judge:
Pursuant to D.C.Code § 11-723 (1995), the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“Circuit”) has certified the following question to this court:
*592Under District of Columbia law, is a client bound by a settlement agreement negotiated by her attorney when the client has not given the attorney actual authority to settle the case on those terms but has authorized the attorney to attend a settlement conference before a magistrate judge and to negotiate on her behalf and when the attorney leads the opposing party to believe that the client has agreed…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- United States v. BeebeSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Teodore Dorotee Autera v. Manuel Dudley Robinson, Anthony C. Autera v. Manuel Dudley RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Louis Fennell v. Tlb Kent Company and Joseph PietrykaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Keithley Edwards v. Born, Inc. Appeal of Keithley Edwards and Edith EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Makins v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Ford v. ChartOne, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006
- Ackerman v. Sobol Family Partnership, LLPSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Oehme, Van Sweden & Associates, Inc. v. Maypaul Trading & Services Ltd.District Court, District of Columbia · 2012
- Caglioti v. District Hospital Partners, LPDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- Search v. Uber Technologies, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2015
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